Scientists said that any dam failure could send toxic waste rapidly into the river, threatening Indigenous and riverine communities as well as the ecosystem.
The post Brazilian Court To Rule on Whether Belo Sun’s Amazon Gold Mine Stays Suspended first appeared on Amazon Watch.The post Community commemorates 2015 oil spill; protests against offshore drilling appeared first on Last Chance Alliance.
By Denise Robbins, CCAN Communications Team In London, nations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) advanced a proposal for a net-zero framework on maritime shipping, functionally creating the world’s first-ever price on carbon. In Santa Marta, Colombia, more than 50 countries gathered for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, a historic attempt […]
The post Who’s Waiting for Trump? The World is Taking Steps to Make Polluters Pay appeared first on Chesapeake Climate Action Network.
Community organizations, environmental justice advocates, and international frontline leaders will gather across the Bay Area next week for the 13th annual Anti-Chevron Day, May 13-17, 2026, culminating in a major public festival and march in Richmond.
The post Bay Area Communities Mark 13th Annual Anti-Chevron Day with Global Speakers, Festival, and March in Richmond first appeared on Amazon Watch.Traveling back to Bogotá from the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, I struggled to name a feeling I had never experienced after a climate conference: hope!
The post Hope and Action To Phase Out Fossil Fuels first appeared on Amazon Watch.The 2026 US Counterterrorism Strategy targets anarchists and trans organizers as national security threats. The Prairieland case built the legal precedent to enforce it.
The post The State Has Always Called It Terrorism appeared first on A Radical Guide. by Jason Bayless
Traverse City, Mich. — On May 11th, 2026, Flow Water Advocates (“Flow”) and Sierra Club filed an amici curiae, or friend of the court, brief in support of the State of Michigan’s appeal of a federal court’s failure to recognize and uphold an essential attribute of state sovereignty — the public trust doctrine. Flow and... Read more »
The post Flow and Sierra Club file joint amici brief in Enbridge v. Whitmer Line 5 case appeared first on Flow Water Advocates.
“In light of this situation, it is essential that responses to organized crime and illicit economies do not translate into new processes of militarization, criminalization, or the subordination of Indigenous governance systems.”
The post Indigenous Amazon Groups Urge the U.N. To Curb Organized Crime, Not Militarize Territories first appeared on Amazon Watch.Outside of PJM’s annual meeting, speakers called out grid mismanagement, rising electricity costs, and failure to bring cheaper clean energy online BALTIMORE, MD — PJM Interconnection (PJM), the regional grid operator for Maryland and a dozen other states, is holding its annual conference at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront from May 11 to 13. State lawmakers […]
The post Lawmakers and Advocates Demand Reforms from PJM, Regional Grid Manager appeared first on Chesapeake Climate Action Network.
Indigenous leaders who gathered at the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues are demanding a decisive shift away from failed militarized responses toward rights-based approaches that center Indigenous territorial governance, autonomy, and community-led security systems in efforts to confront organized crime.
The post Indigenous Peoples Call on U.N. Action as Organized Crime Expands Across the Amazon first appeared on Amazon Watch.View our voter guide for the 2026 California Primary Election below, including county and state-level offices, ballot measures, and more!
The post Voter Guide: 2026 California Primaries appeared first on Sonoma County Democratic Socialists of America.
Creative Commons